My great-grandparents were preppers way before prepping was a thing.
Is there a specific term for preppers who are also hipsters? Hipster-preppers? Prepsters? If there is, then that's what you could call my great-grandparents, Dell and Hildegarde ... Read More

The internet is full of websites that give information on survival topics, including food storage. There are dozens and dozens of books that will teach you "the right way" to store food and YouTube videos galore. Most contain valid, trustworthy ... Read More

In good times there are tons of reasons to garden. It saves money, gets you closer to your food supply, teaches you valuable skills and gives you some independence. In bad times there is only one real reason to garden—to grow food so you can ... Read More

If the #1 rule to purchasing a home is, "Location, Location, Location," then the #1 rule of food storage is, "rotation, rotation, rotation." I mention it because some thirty-year-old brown sugar and chocolate chips recently came into my possession, ... Read More

Tall, fluffy and light- not usually words you associate with whole wheat right? Well, these rolls are all of those things and more! They are made with 100% whole wheat, get a little sweetness from honey and richness from eggs and milk. All in all, ... Read More

Getting started with food storage can be a challenge. Where do you start? Do you go with the advice from old-timers and stock up on wheat, beans, and canned tuna?
Really. What is a new prepper to do to get some good, basic food storage ... Read More

If you're stocking up on healthy foods in your food storage pantry, millet should be included. More and more, popular food storage companies, such as Thrive Life, are offering foods that have become more popular as Americans have turned from overly ... Read More

For many of us, buying food specifically for food storage is an additional expense that can, sometimes, become too burdensome. When money is tight, it's hard enough to cover the groceries for our main meals, much less add another few day's worth of ... Read More

Most people in Food Storage Land are all about wheat. We all know why: if you've been reading this blog - or any prepper blog, for that matter - for any length of time you might be sick of hearing all about wheat. "It stores well, you can make a ton ... Read More

I get a lot of questions about the types of wheat and grains I use in my own cooking and food storage. Today I have some basic information for you about wheat, but each Friday I'll be featuring other grains, like oat groats, kamut and ... Read More